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Zhang Yang

Zhang Yang

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zhang Yang (Chinese: 张杨, born 1967) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who is also a Chinese film director. Zhang grew up in Beijing, studied until 1988 at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, from which he graduated with a degree in Chinese literature, and then went to the Central Academy of Drama, graduating in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zhang Yang (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Hengyang 1944
N/A

The film focuses on an epic battle in the history of China's War of Resistance against Japan, which shocked the world with its overwhelming force against a small enemy. In the 1944 Hengyang defense battle, the 10th Army of the Chinese front battlefield, with a force of less than 18,000 people, defended the city alone against the Japanese army with a total strength of 110,000 people outside the city for 47 days. The Chinese army suffered more than 16,000 casualties and the Japanese army suffered more than 48,000 casualties, creating the only record of the comparison of enemy and our forces and casualties since the War of Resistance. It dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army's No. 1 operation launched by the Japanese headquarters and became a battle case comparable to any battle in World War II.

Hengyang 1944

The Secret Path
8.2

When a foreign spy organization sabotages China-U.S. peace talks through assassination and tech theft, National Security officer Yang Guang launches a covert investigation. As he closes in on the culprits, a mysterious woman frames him, forcing Yang to fight for both justice and his innocence in a deadly game of espionage.

The Secret Path

2025
Gentlemen of East 8th
4.8

Tong Yu, Guo Chong, Li Jiesen, and Xiang Xiaofei each face a typical middle-aged crisis and support each other while seeking a breakthrough in the ups and downs. The four men learn to embrace their careers and love at their best age and walk towards a better and more mature version of themselves.

Gentlemen of East 8th

2022
Black Dog
7.1

On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.

Black Dog

2024
Weird Physician Wen San Kuai
N/A

The story of the strange medical literature growing up with the motherland in the decades from the early years of the Republic of China to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

Weird Physician Wen San Kuai

2012
Wing Chun
6.9

Martial arts expert Wing Chun battles bandits in this magical film that provides as many laughs as it does wallops. Besides horse thieves, Wing Chun must deal with the men around her who simply can't handle a strong, independent woman. Ultimately, she must dish out "lessons" again and again and again until the respect for her remarkable skills is finally won.

Wing Chun

1994
Getting Home
7.4

A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.

Getting Home

2007
Mountains May Depart
7.0

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Mountains May Depart

2015
Lost Love in Times SP
N/A

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Lost Love in Times SP

2017
Shower
6.8

An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.

Shower

1999
Paths of the Soul
6.7

Eleven Tibetans prostrate themselves every few steps during a 1,200-mile pilgrimage that lasts for seven months.

Paths of the Soul

2016
Tracing Revelation
8.0

Chinese short film directed by Zhang Yang. A young man running in Beijing ’s Hutong (Huang Jue) overhears the phone of a woman at the table in KFC and tries to contact him; in the bar, a group of boys bid for the girl ’s favorite for a chance to order songs; Found himself being followed by a skater boy. At the same time, the protagonist (Jia Hongsheng), who was found to be tracing, was recognized one after another.

Tracing Revelation

1999
Full Circle
6.4

The residents of a nursing home sneak past security guards to compete in a nationally televised talent contest.

Full Circle

2012
Spicy Hot in Love
3.0

Love can be bitter, sweet, or spicy. The film revolves around three couples from Beijing, Hangzhou and Chongqing.

Spicy Hot in Love

2016
Sunflower
6.1

Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.

Sunflower

2005
Driverless
6.2

Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident. It deals with several relationship issues, including the infamous seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, an old husband with a young wife, and extramarital affairs.

Driverless

2010
Spicy Love Soup
6.9

Six different episodes about different generations' relationships. Love can be sweet, sour, or spicy.

Spicy Love Soup

1999
Forging the Swords
7.5

Fantastic story story based on traditional myths and themes, Lu Xun weighs the cost of seeking justice (and, by extension, of wielding the sword of truth), and suggests that great sacrifices are most certainly required in this particular pursuit. Based on the novel by celebrated Chinese author Lu Xun.

Forging the Swords

1994
Quitting
6.6

An actor becomes increasingly introverted and psychotic and his entire family attempts to intervene.

Quitting

2001
Spring Subway
6.8

A stylish urban romance about the silent suffering of a modern Chinese couple.

Spring Subway

2002